Testing EVERY BACKHAND BLADE to prove they're broken (Elden Ring DLC)

The new Backhands Blade weapons might be a little busted in Shadow of the Erdtree...
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[@Lemongrass_gaming]

When the slash is swift

[@angeloabbatiello4755]

Who up swifting they slash?

[@Gromper7878]

Me when I slash swiftly

[@inframatic]

get swifty in here

[@klein3615]

the maidenless slash.

[@Constant---K]

Shit's so easy to counter. I honestly have no idea why everyone is shaking in the corner...

[@wood5596]

Pretty funny fromsoft added 8 new weapon types , but added like 3 of each then added a million fucking colossal weapons

[@sairentoeko]

Yeah.... I do love the new weapons and all.. but come on :/

[@mickthick6170]

wait til bro finds out how many throwing weapons there are

[@Fudge-kt8di]

Wait till he finds out how many perfumes

[@voidgivenfocus]

Smithscript daggers moment

[@hassanrao470]

yeah this is true but I think they mostly get the job done by giving us one infusuable version and then 1 or 2 unique aow versions. The collosoal weapons are very tiresom tho that's true. Some of the weapons have unique mechanics tho like the blacksteel great hammer. It is just a great hammer but It has a unique move when doing a guard counter

[@strangerontheinternet291]

Love how theres only 1 blade and 2 disk

[@user-jv2qr4gw6f]

Ong man so frustrating

[@THELOATHSOME_DUNGKILLER]

Also, missed opportunity to add the crystalline disks

[@edd4131]

Where are my backhand Uchigatanas 😭😭😭

[@NoName......]

Almost like reverse grip fucking sucks LAMO

[@creamofthecrop6743]

More like 2 blades and four discs lol

[@kanaria-cu3uv]

the fact they weigh as much as a dagger makes it so much worse everyone and their mothers have a pocket backhand blade ready to pull out whenever things go south

[@sekaikage]

I do that just in case i encounter someone using them. No offense but this guy didnt really do the best job showcasing how broken blindspot is. I swear i might lose 5 matches out of 100 with them and it would be because of something dumb that i did. Its nearly impossible to get hit unless you suck because of the s and how fast it comes out. I think swift slash just has a lower skillcap.

[@kanaria-cu3uv]

@@sekaikage oh I know how bad they are I’ve been on both ends of the stick

[@fidgc6774]

@@sekaikage blindspot is kinda broken but at least its avoidable and doesnt have insane hyper armor and stagger, he focused so much on swift slash because it genuinely is the most broken thing to ever exist in Elden Ring PVP

[@BvLee]

@@sekaikage blind spot is pretty busted, no doubt about it. But swift slash is legitimately game breaking in pvp. If you run the infinite mana physic, you can initiate combat with it, then spam it until they die with no downtime until the 15 seconds of infinite mana run out. Even then, because it lets you travel pretty far, it’s completely unpunishable if you don’t do anything dumb.

[@calebheisserer5391]

Most people I find in duels are just having fun. I’ve really only ran into a handful of people spamming these. Honestly even if they run blind spot it’s not unbeatable. Just have to use weapons with extremely fast cooldown times. Swift slash however is pretty unstoppable

[@nawafxgames746]

I like how fromsoft was like: we’re gonna add paired back swords as weapon class, sike its a ring blade class now!

[@mlhx9181]

And they don't even add the crystal ones to complete the crystallian trio weapons.

[@YarnhamBrainsucker]

@@mlhx9181for real I’m so pissed they didn’t do that

[@xavierthomas5835]

​hopefully thats the plan.

[@KatrinaAmaxas]

It's funny how when it comes to weapons like the backhand blades and the Bloodfiend arm, they're overpowered as all hell, but then when it comes time to balance the actual boss weapons, they're all mid as hell.

[@102ndsmirnov7]

and the final boss weapons are literally a repeat from the base game.

[@Saloman4ik]

@@102ndsmirnov7 reskin))

[@Orgi3]

Does everyone start with "its funny" like holy it's so overused to shit

[@SakisLio08]

All weapons should be equally op enough with the nerfs, that's why ds3 is unplayable

[@RealSteeleBTW]

@@Orgi3out of their entire comment…. that’s what you have to complain about?

[@bat32391]

I SAW THAT TALISMAN, YOU MURDERED MILLICENT

[@TheoneandonlyRadicles]

1:55 bro just casually hit one of the most baller kills and just keeps yapping like nothing happened. Legendary

[@npb3287]

GG

[@mhead1117]

Bro the ash of war is easy af to use lol

[@TheoneandonlyRadicles]

@@mhead1117 I know but it still looked cool asf

[@cong5805]

@@TheoneandonlyRadicles dont look so cool the 50th time

[@Spookdookin]

Bro casually hit baller yapping legendary.

[@zoid_on_youtube]

weird to me how they didnt make the Falx curved swords backhand blades. I mean you get Swift Slash, a backhand-exclusive ash as a reward for helping the guy who wields them, but theyre not even backhand blades.

[@monkwashere]

I thought the same thing when I first tried them. The unique ash would be so much cooler if they were backhand blades too

[@hassanrao470]

@@monkwashere I heard that they might've been intended as backhand blades. Even the way the falx swords are backwards makes me think they were meant to be rotated 180 degrees at one point. Really sad seeing all the content that was cut from the DLC but we we got was still pretty good

[@X-Vidar]

​@@hassanrao470the falx is a real sword, they're made like that

[@hassanrao470]

@@X-Vidar o that's pretty interesting

[@jackofastora8962]

@@hassanrao470 Yeah, like the other guy said since the falx is intentionally made like that they likely never intended to make it a backhand blade

[@onyxswordsman10]

1:55 bro that finish was cold asf. It's like some shit you'd see in an anime

[@duckyduckington9736]

the reason blindspot is so annoying is it gives similar frames to quickstep... but does damage and shield bypasses. Making it objectively the second best, since swift step is even more unfun.

[@davidcopperfield5345]

How well does it fare in PvE?

[@infamousp5608]

Blindspot is easy to counter once you realize that's what they're doing. You can use Storm Stop or you can punish with a jumping attack. Some weapons such as reapers catches them mid ash with just R1.

[@duckyduckington9736]

@@davidcopperfield5345 its fast, safe and does good damage on the best weapon type. Its really good as an attack, but debatable on best AoW

[@duckyduckington9736]

@@infamousp5608 depends, it can be used as a reactionary counter so you literally just cant do that. Of course if you have high hyper armor u can just trade. But that is how it works with any low poise damage attack. Its not as bad as bone bow by miles, had a triple gank of bone bow with sleep arrows, literally did not die for 5 hours and barely took damage. Its disgusting how good it is

[@zylowolfzan3345]

The Smithscript Cirques can also be thrown while jumping, which can make for a great way to cover a retreat by jumping back while throwing them out at people. Also great in PvE thanks to that where you can jump over attacks while throwing them even at range.

[@fredrick-jr1qi]

Except for how abysmal the range is 😂 it’s the only reason I don’t use them

[@betterwithcheddar5698]

for some reason one jumping attack on them also takes like half my health bar 🇺🇿

[@musicarain4702]

@@fredrick-jr1qi it's good enough considering how much power you can get from it; jump att talisman, throwing weapon talisman, rotten insignia, jumping heavy hits hit like a truck

[@meshachadams6945]

The running attack can also be done continuously if you hold the sprint button. Also, you can cancel the heavy attack with a dodge for a quick attack. It’s work really well with the smithscript one. You can through them pretty quickly this way. And don’t forget you can follow up on the heavy cancel with a light attack.

[@Terminator45845]

Honestly, if the Aow on the Cursed blades went further, I feel like it would actually hold up well to the normal ones. We'll see if that gets changed or not though.

[@binolombardi]

4:36 it looks like your attack missed but since the spin attack jumped yiu in the air they took the minor damage from you falling on them.

[@duckyduckington9736]

why did they make this so good, then give a C SCALING TO THE NIGHT KATANA? weird af that they made these so much better.

[@voidgivenfocus]

Blindspot: what if prenerf bloodhounds step also did as much damage as a jumping r2? No, I'm not crutching on backhand blades, no I will not use any other weapon in the dlc anymore

[@Spookdookin]

You were never disciplined enough for the Arts anyways.

[@rm2569]

Personally i really want to see a video on the new main gauche dagger. It has a really cool moveset when you use it with a thrusting sword.

[@coltontenty4628]

1:55 Bro that was cold af

[@Shilobotomized]

L@, the instant win button 🥶

[@TortillaBill]

But yo that was clean, I'm not gonna lie

[@BLP04]

Hornsent’s weapons should’ve been backhand blades too. I love them as curved swords, but they would’ve been so much cooler

[@kunknown2340]

It wouldn't make sense to make them backhand blades as they were never intended to be used like that. Realistically it should be a str based weapon or at least have shield piercing properties like the shotels.

[@BLP04]

@@kunknown2340 twist them around and they’re perfectly usable as backhands, what do you mean? Also, strength based? How? Why? They’re twin curved swords, how much more dex based can you get?

[@kunknown2340]

@@BLP04 look up a falx and the history behind it.

[@BLP04]

@@kunknown2340 I know what a falx is. If it was a two handed falx, being a strength weapon would make more sense, not here though, and as for the backhand blade aspect, historical accuracy doesn’t matter either way, because backhand blades are a terribly impractical idea regardless.

[@kunknown2340]

@@BLP04 you act like ds games dont have str based single hand weapons. We can agree to disagree, a falx has no place being a backhand weapon or a dex one. FS dropped the ball when it came to this weapon.

[@revyreigns1718]

Flame art smithscript blues are insane. When set correctly the ar is nuts. Was testing buffs with flame gms, golden bow, and howl if Shabbir. 2700+ ar at 18 scadutree blessing and the running r2s or horseback r2s do tons of damage

[@Miu-souls]

yes because they habe base physical scaling for int and fth meaning when sacred, flame art, magic or cold infused both the elemental and the physical ar get scaled (scaling is a multiplier for the base damage because of that weaker weapons get less damage from the same scaling al stronger ones and bacause of that smithscript weapons get essentially double the scaling.

[@Scoliosistic]

Monks gonna have fun with this series

[@BigWangLemon]

Tip: use the one handed running r1 to slice your enemy while not stopping your running animation. Just don’t let go of the O/B button. Alternatively the running heavy is an oddly long-range slash and pierce move. The two handed running r1 is not too good for 1v1’s. Heavy is good. Also, the base ash of the default BHB’s is better as a whiff punish or back-to-back stinger move since it has i-frames.

[@BigHatLoganGaming]

Two handed keeps momentum too, it's just a weapon class feature

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

Putting Swift Slash on the normal Backhand Blades, and buffing them with Royal Magic Grease (really just for the blue color,) you could potentially make an extremely cool Sin DT Vergil cosplay with the right fashion.

[@locallypwned5680]

Something I don’t think you mentioned is that you can running attack and then keep running without delay, keeping the pressure up as well.

[@luizribeiro2716]

Great vid. Cant wait for the Light greatsword vid, my new fav weapons

[@TheSuperSpud]

Can’t wait for him to cover the hand-to-hand arts Also possibly because he’ll find it challenging lol

[@WierdchocoboER]

Love the vid already thanks for the great content Monk ❤

[@abordotaku89]

really love the first one for the ash of war (bosses who get staggered by it) for example Malenia it doesn't really stagger stagger but it stun her for some light attacks and it has dodge frames on top of that, although don't try that on Messmer dude never gets stunned

[@OstravaTheBrave]

ive also found that the heavy backstep attack on the Smithscript one is pretty good for when you're being pressured

[@ultraphoenix95]

Without Cursblade's Cirque I would never have beaten Messmer. I'm ophidiophobic, so I spend half of the fight with my eyes closed. Each time I opened them, it was to spend all my stamina to proc bleed and it worked! So even if it's kind of lackluster compared to the other two, it's still great weapon for me. Also they fit my style better than the others.

[@Adestria66]

Are you being serious about closing your eyes for half the fight

[@ultraphoenix95]

@@Adestria66 Yes I’m serious! I have a phobia!

[@coleharper-vi7bx]

@@ultraphoenix95Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

[@montecarlowithdawningornam1817]

​@ultraphoenix95 you can't just say the name of a random phobia without saying what it means

[@Yaldabaoth.000]

@@montecarlowithdawningornam1817it’s the fear of snakes I think

[@apoc5412]

Played my first dlc run entirely with backhand blades + black flame blade incantation, such an amazing weapon

[@spinnyboi9951]

for the smithscript weapons, put flame art/sacred/magic scaling on it with a faith or int build they already have innate faith and int scaling which affects the physical damage, which will go from E to C/B when you change the scaling and affect both the physical and elemental damage like that

[@ManOfEthnicity]

I went into the DLC with a dual short sword character I had been enjoying playing with, switched to keen backhand blades and it's carried me through all the content ever since.

[@trixaboi]

These weapons are awesome, super cool running attack.

[@m3lonm4n]

I am so happy that we have games like this that makes usages of reverse grip fun and usefull because in irl it doesn't work that way unfortunatly. That looks rly cool imo :D

[@h33day]

I'm almost certain Curseblade's Cirques were designed for guard counters. It's got an exceedingly high guard boost for how fast they are. You also get the Deflecting Hardtear from the same area. I've been rocking it with multi-hit buffs on a Dex build and I like them over other guard counter builds that are slower and focus on more defensive playstyles. It also feels like they do more poise damage than the other two BH blandes, but I don't know the numbers.

[@Wulk]

The blind spot ash of war is insane

[@augmentedsoldier6676]

Can't wait for your vid on Light Greatswords.

[@39trees12]

with running you can spam the light attack and you dont lose momentum it actualy prepels you foward. i tried it on like the first day and its probably really good in pvp

[@balsamicsalad160]

The jump throw is insane into a light attack string. So easy to get off with some pretty insane damage

[@robertl7334]

I believe the gold disc faith spell is the most slept-on attack for pvp. It cost 3fp and chains together so well with any weapon. The range is almost the largest of any attack, plus it hits twice for poise damage. You can also use it to herd ganks into position for a combo wombo.

[@smartcakes303]

I've noticed some DLC weapons have a unique move when you move forward, hold roll and tap RT / R2 but I don't know if any base game weapons have a move for that input

[@robertl7334]

It's a feint attack, and is on some other weapons as well. The Astel Wings, being my favorite int blade with this feature.

[@Joshua_Shadow_Manriguez]

I'm pretty sure all the new weapons have heavy attacks that true combo into the light attacks.

[@Wulk]

Dual reverse grip is every fence master nightmare and I love it

[@LukiePookie-pc6mg]

Nice video can you do the remembrance weapons pls

[@geometrydash4011]

Hey monk is there a power stance if the backhand blades? Because if you just have one equipped but two hand it left bumper will block.

[@n8doggy733]

the Cirque is my favorite. if you can fully charge a R2 at close range you will deal INSANE damage with the right talismans since your guy throws both, but it is worse at range than some of the other throwing weapons

[@Oathkeeper0317]

The Smithscripts are my favorite because they fit my Pyromancy build perfectly. A flame themed Chakrams that can be thrown? I'm practically Axel from Kingdom Hearts!

[@Miu-souls]

tipp for all smithscript weapons the int / fth scaling for physical persists after infusion meaning you get insane damage on flame art, sacred and magic on flame art with 40 str and 80 fth the smithscript greathammer is only 13 ar behind the giant crusher.

[@LordShrub]

Smithscript Cirque with Swift Slash convinced me to ditch Moonveil. It's worth noting that jumping heavy is also a throw move. I use it a lot when jumping away from assailants.

[@matheusprata4618]

I was so happy when I saw they added shacrans into the game! Not many midias show them but I think they are awesome to look!!

[@AerthQuakeWasTaken]

I didn't even know you have to farm for the Curseblade Cirques lmao. I got it like 5 minutes into the DLC from the first Curseblade I came across.

[@P.A._Lily]

Another good place to farm the Curseblade's Cirque is just northeast of the Gravesite Plain grace- there's a Curseblade hanging out on an arch that will descend when you come close.

[@2HandHangerDunksOnly]

The stage front one is better cause you can backstab him first every time you fight him

[@andycrisis971]

That guy grabbed me and threw me off the cliff when I first went by him.

[@nathangarcia2356]

For some reason the cirques have absurd damage scaling with certain affinities though. The faith req adds pure physical damage which is neat

[@felixgrubshtain4365]

I went blood with the backhand blade and provided you have 60+ arcance and compatible talismans it melts evertyhing

[@Ocuu-si2fx]

Love rhe video. Def gonna have to make a build with the backhands. Also, would you mind sharing the armour combo you’re using?

[@monkwashere]

Land of Reeds Helm, Ronin Chest and Greaves, Eccentric Manchettes

[@francismcalister7811]

Swift slash is straight up one of the most op things from soft has added in a dlc, right beside the unnerfed version of Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords when the ringed city came out

[@TheFrogurai]

I feel so bad for him having to use swift slash for the video my deepest respects for this man

[@Tphoenix618]

11:10 even the guard wanted to jump them💀

[@Ningishzidd4]

I put Flame Art on the Smithscript version which gives it really crazy Faith scaling and huuuuge AP. Combined with Golden Vow, Flame grant me strength, 15% fire damage tear and Alexander's charm, the damage is ridiculous. Base AP is around 1300, with all buffs it's over 2000.

[@lesouth0348]

Monk, if you use swift slash I swear to god-

[@charlesdunbar]

What do people use to go invisible that close enemy players?

[@HumbleJedi]

I’ve been just using those standard ones and they’re really really good

[@KochDerDamonen]

One thing I think is really worth abusing with all the smithscript weapons is the jumping heavy, they come out fast and are gonna catch people off guard

[@getdookied-on8136]

What armor sets are you using with the land of reeds helmet though?

[@tiefling0564]

Ronin armor for chest, not sure about the rest tho

[@mysterygamer4086]

you forgot to mention that with the smithscript cirque you can throw them with the jumping heavy

[@christopherneil8265]

I thought the smithscript weapons were going to suck, but the smithscript cirque may be one of the most fun weapons they’ve ever made. Also, you didn’t mention this, but weapons also get physical damage scaling with faith when flame art infused.

[@vm7528]

Do someone remember flipping Havel moms before they patched them out in DS1? For some reason backhand blades reminded me of them. With how lightweight they are and how fast you can move with them (with help of weapon arts) even with heavy armor equipped

[@milesmitten564]

Anyone else feel like Falx should've been backhand blades instead of curved swords? The weapon design seems to fit, and it would give some more variety since 2 of them are chakrams

[@ITBEurgava]

Agreed

[@Tirethief302]

I have the smithscript cirque and it only has blindspot as an AoW. Did i miss something?

[@hexxed6676]

I don’t know if they updated it but when i got the smithscript cirque it didn’t have that aow on it it just had blind spot. Anyone know how else to get it if not through the quest line?

[@Jblank1016]

Honestly I just wish that flying kick on the Curseblade weapon art was on the martial arts weapons lmao Also, fun fact, the Smithscript Cirques actually have a heavy feint! They're the only backhand blade that does! And also because of Smithscript weapons having int/faith that effects physical damage, they have a weird interaction where when you infuse them magic or sacred/flame art it will actually gain both physical AND elemental AR with those stats, making them do a lot more damage than I think was intended lol

[@KaiBant]

for the one you gotta farm if your not that confident in killing them in a confined space that next the 1st grace you get in the dlc is fast to farm

[@mrMatt1303x]

Tbh the backhand blades(not rings) are my favorite weapon I’ve ever used in any soulslike ever. I love this moveset so much

[@susiepazoosie2401]

what's hilarious is most coopers will miss swift slash from their need to 100% coop every inch of the game, so they won't even see the summon signs for the fight you get it from.

[@aiellamori]

I wish blind spot could go on daggers, that's how it was in ds3

[@yorukage5926]

Who's gonna tell him the curseblade cirque can be aquired as early as the very first grace of the dlc

[@Harvxey]

The 1 damage happened from your body hitting the opponent rather thwn the weapon, sinilar to when you fall onto an enemy from above without attacking

[@DiscoFinalBoss]

I got the curseblade cirques off literally the second one I killed, the one that tries to ambush you near the church near the beginning of the DLC.

[@finnmccord538]

Grab an urumi with endure and you don’t have to worry about backhand blades anymore

[@MatvaNabor]

I used the backhand blades fort the first half of the game. then I got the Claws of night which are absolutely insane

[@ctwatson721]

So, blindspot is not only useable on backhand blades, i have it on one of my miladys and put bleed on it

[@Planterobeets]

Finally, someone is testing weapons in Duels and not just Invasions.

[@tf1356]

Did you not share in the video where the swift slash ash of war is?

[@perrybailey5565]

Is better to have keen and bloodflame or just bleed infibity. The bleed inf seems to proc alot more often

[@samuelellsworth1318]

What would be a good video idea is review every smithscript weapon

[@kristianronco2454]

Fun fact : if you put a holy scaling on the last one , faith will not only scale the elemental damage bht also the physical , so putting flaming on it and having faith build is broken

[@Zakkariaha]

Bunch of Awesome new weapons and armor in the new dlc, really wanna get back into the game

[@user-yt2xl1yp4x]

Just I have a question what is the mask of yoda i need it

[@Petergriffin17478]

Can you try madding hands it’s pretty good with axe talisman and aged one exaltation talisman.

[@JCY-ri6cp]

Ummm my Smithscript Cirque came with Blind Spot AOW and not swift slash…. Did I do something wrong?

[@danielmillward9947]

It's interchangeable

[@Tonkarai]

Where do you get swift slash from?

[@neonsnowflake4081]

blind spot also has alot of s so u can punish any move with it

[@known3617]

Backhand blade with bleed was the only way for me to beat the DLCS bosses as they hit to hard and fast for me to consider using anything else. Hell Bayle took 8 attempts because he just doesn’t let up and when he isn’t attacking for a split second he’s jumping around like a crackhead.

[@kelakogreenaddict1888]

Dancing lion was kicking my ass when I was using moonveil, then I tried with cold backhand blade blind spot spam, did it first try

[@alperenerol1852]

Can you use it with a dagger to inflict blood loss?

[@MegaRhettButler]

I used to have dual nagis on most of my builds as a upwards swap from my main weapon. I wasn't shameless enough to main them, but they were great for chasing down hosts who ran to resummon or as a shitter deleter. They got nerfed, but these fill that same role. Running attacks that don't lose any momentum? That's the best chase down in the game. Of course there's the ash of war for if my coinvader is an honor red and I want to kill him to get heals and maybe get someone useful in.

[@seyelk59]

The fact that swift slash is chargable makes it that much more difficult to parry.

[@djambeh9891]

You never mentioned the running r2 attack on the backhand blades it’s so ridiculously broken. For some reason, the first hit of the running r2 is pretty weak, but the second hit of it does nearly 2600-3000 damage for me and it’s so fast.